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S10.5 VENUS D'ARLES

Venus D'Arles | Greco-Roman statue
DETAILS
Museum Collection Musée du Louvre, Paris
Catalogue No. Louvre Ma439
Title Venus D'Arles
Type Statue
Material Marble
Height 1.94 metres
Context Found at Arles
Original / Copy Roman copy of Greek statue by Praxiteles 360 B.C. Restoration by François Girardon (1628-1715).
Style Late Classical
Date C1st A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The goddess Aphrodite (Roman Venus) stands partially disrobed with an apple held in her raised hand.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite